Saved by the Spell

Seeking validation amongst dismissal and honoring your former dead selves 

Today we talk about my least favorite thing my own Vulnerability and how to actively walk through heartbreak. Not exclusive to lovers but also family, friends, and other relationships. Be tender my loves this Equinox came for everyone. XO

In today’s episode, Marcella catches up with her friend and healer Brook Albrigo. Learn about this upcoming full moon, and ways to support yourself during this time. They also answer some listener questions and share why “Healers are not Housekeepers”. 

Links to Brook’s website, sound healings, and titles of the recommended books are below.

www.openpathcollective.org

www.brookalbrigohealing.com

https://soundcloud.com/user-26780699

"God’s of Change" by Howard Sasportas

"Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini" by Barbara Hand Clow

CONTENT WARNING: This episode talks about drugs, alcohol, and abuse.

It's my Sober Birthday so I wanted to share with you my story. What it was like. What happened. How it is today.

Marcella's familiar, Lord (a bearded dragon) takes over the podcast this episode to share her origin story and some wisdom. Please remember this and life is not to be taken too seriously. Hope you enjoy some levity in your listening...

Trigger Warning this episode covers personal experiences with eating disorders, quarantine weight gain, addiction, emotional abuse, and self-harm.

Special guest Adriana Rizzolo

Adriana Rizzolo is an intuitive healer, spiritual guide, somatic coach, mantra meditation teacher, embodiment and intimacy coach, transformational speaker, podcast host and author. 

Follow Adriana 

Instagram: @artofloving

Website:  www.BodyTemple.Church

Soul Crush Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soul-crush/id1372879807

Books Mentioned:

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beauty_Myth

Blossoms and Bones by Kim Krans

https://www.kimkrans.com

Healers Mentioned:

Jessa Reed https://www.jessareed.com

Karen Rontowski https://www.karenrontowski.com

Amy Spicer https://www.virashanti.com

A quick dive into boundaries, responsibility, and the concept of readjusting according to your own personal growth!

Over the Moon and fangirling over having my Alien Soulmate Jessa Reed on this episode of Saved by the Spell. Here we chat about addiction, Alien life and responsibilities, and maybe some tips on how to just Human better. You can find more about Jessa on her website, Awakening OD podcast, and Patreon. Links below.

https://www.jessareed.com

https://awakeningod.fireside.fm

https://www.instagram.com/jessareedcomedy/

In this episode, Marcella talks briefly about the origins of the Tarot. It’s history, a breakdown of the cards, a casual exploration of the deck, a look at the Smith Waite Deck, and offers some guidance on how to work with the Tarot for Empowerment, as well as providing some simple layout suggestions for the cards. 

Special guests who speak on some of the most misunderstood cards include Angeliska Polacheck, Edgar Fabián Frías, Sterling Moon, Eliza Swann, and Diana Rose Harper.

Guest bios and links

Sterling Moon - If you are looking for some down-to-earth divination with a side of compassion and a dash of humor, Sterling Moon is the spiritual worker for you. Sterling has been reading tarot since 1995 and has had the ability to connect with spirits of the dead and the natural world since childhood. She has evolved to work in a Scandinavian tradition as a völva, which is a seeress or prophetess and is a cunning woman, practicing folk magic her ancestors would recognize from their homelands and influenced by the magical practices that evolved in the United States. She practices all with honor for the beauty, struggle, and survivorship of the ancestors and elders whose shoulders she stands on. 

Insta - @sterlingmoontarot  

Website - SterlingMoonTarot.com 

Edgar Fabián Frías is a nonbinary, queer, indigenous (Wixárika), Latinx, and Brown multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and psychotherapist. Born in East Los Angeles in 1983, Frías received dual BA degrees in Psychology and Studio Art from the University of California, Riverside. In 2013, they received an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, with an emphasis on Interpersonal Neurobiology and Somatic Psychotherapy. Frías is also a 2022 candidate for an MFA in Art Practice at the University of California, Berkeley. 

Website: https://www.edgarfabianfrias.org/ 

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/edgarfabianfrias 

Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/edgarfabianfrias/ 

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edgarfabianfrias

Eliza Swann is an interdisciplinary artist, intuitive, writer, educator, and community organizer based in Los Angeles and New York. Eliza received a BA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and received a Master’s degree in Fine Art from Central St. Martins in London. She has trained in hypnotherapy at the Isis Centre in England, Vedic cosmology and yoga with Dr. Vagish Shastri in Benares, India, and Tarot and Western Magical Practice with the Builders of the Adytum Western Mystery School. Eliza is the founder of The Golden Dome School, a curatorial and educational platform that studies intersections of art, metaphysics, and ecology. 

https://elizaswann.com

https://golden-dome.org

Angeliska Polacheck is an Austin, Texas-based witch, tarot reader, writer, artist, and silversmith who was born at 11:11 am on the 10th day of the 1st month of the year. Angeliska’s writing on tarot, poetry, art, culture, and the occult has been published in NILVX I(II): A Book of Magic, The Folk Horror Revival: Corpse Roads, Arcana: The Tarot Poetry Anthology, Coilhouse Magazine, Tank Magazine, and Astrology.com. 

To learn more, go to @sistertemperancetarot on IG and FB – www.angeliska.com + www.sistertemperance.com

Diana Rose Harper is an astrologer, tarot reader, writer, & educator based in Southern California. By blending an earnest belief in humankind's ability to do better, a disinterest in dysfunctional hierarchies, and delight in the process of healing, she aims to guide others towards an expansive and re-enchanted relationship with the cosmos we all live within. You can find her on social media as @ddamascenaa. 

www.ddamascenaa.com

www.instagram.com/ddamascenaa

www.patreon.com/ddamascenaa

www.twitter.com/ddamascenaa

Books and Honorable Mentions

Tarot for Teens - MJ Abadie 

How to Deal - Marisa de la Pena

The Way of Tarot - Alejandro Jodorowsky

Madame Pamita’s Magical Tarot - Madame Pamita

Ancestral Tarot - Nancy Hendrickson 

The Tarot Bible - Sarah Bartlett

Honorable mentions and Instagram handles for those I know that teach tarot online, IRL, or via their podcasts

Corinna Rosella @riseupgoodwitch

Tatianna Tarot @tatiannatarot

Lindsay Mack @wildsoulhealing 

Mary K. Greer @marykgreer

Amanda Yates @oracleofla @betweentheworldspodcast 

Life has a certain way of inviting you in and then smacking you down. While some would prefer you to stay down and throw dirt over your own being, they are not everyone. You and I are unique and while some might beg to differ, you should share your stories. Some might not relate and some might flat out call Bullshit. Don't let that stop you. You have no idea who you are going to impact and who you can help. There is always going to be naysayers and those that dislike you. In turn there will also be those that love, support, and appreciate you. None of this matters. So make sure you like yourself, and that's what counts.